He was born Aug. 17, 1900, at Tropic, Utah, the son of James Peter and Matilda Jolley Ahlstrom. The family moved to Basalt in 1906 and to Idaho Falls in 1921. He attended schools at Shelley.
He worked for a railroad in northern California; was in the oil fields in Texas, moving to Chicago in the 1930's where he worked in a garage and for many years had been a cab driver for the Yellow Cab Company in Chicago.
He married Ann Christensen in Chicago in 1934.
Survivors are: his son, Peter W. Ahlstrom of Idaho Falls; four grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. R. W. (Lila) Preece, Mrs. Edward C. (Vesta) Perry, Mrs. Jess (Beth) Hayes, Mrs. Monte (Wanda) Thornton, Paul W. Ahlstrom, and Farrell B. Ahlstrom all of Idaho Falls.
(Post Register, 1973)
He was born Aug. 17, 1900, at Tropic, Utah, the son of James Peter and Matilda Jolley Ahlstrom. The family moved to Basalt in 1906 and to Idaho Falls in 1921. He attended schools at Shelley.
He worked for a railroad in northern California; was in the oil fields in Texas, moving to Chicago in the 1930's where he worked in a garage and for many years had been a cab driver for the Yellow Cab Company in Chicago.
He married Ann Christensen in Chicago in 1934.
Survivors are: his son, Peter W. Ahlstrom of Idaho Falls; four grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. R. W. (Lila) Preece, Mrs. Edward C. (Vesta) Perry, Mrs. Jess (Beth) Hayes, Mrs. Monte (Wanda) Thornton, Paul W. Ahlstrom, and Farrell B. Ahlstrom all of Idaho Falls.
(Post Register, 1973)
Family Members
-
![]()
Stillborn Boy Ahlstrom
1897–1897
-
![]()
James Dewey Ahlstrom
1898–1965
-
![]()
Rose Opal Ahlstrom
1902–1905
-
![]()
Lila Ahlstrom Preece
1905–1993
-
![]()
Vesta Matilda "Tillie" Ahlstrom Perry
1908–1986
-
![]()
Mary Elizabeth Ahlstrom Hayes
1910–1979
-
![]()
Wanda Ahlstrom Thornton
1912–1998
-
![]()
SSGT Paul Wendell Ahlstrom
1915–1999
-
![]()
Farrell Glen Ahlstrom
1920–2005
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
